I'm still a newbie and still finding my niche market!

As well as the general administration work my friend suggested I looked into Localization. It is a new term on my but basically is "transcribing" US English into UK English. It wasn't until I looked into this seriously I realised how different our two languages are!

The last time I looked at sentence construction was when I was at school which is many (many) years ago! I find it quite fascinating and think (as long as I can find a market out there for it) it is something I am going to get a lot of interest out of.

Avocet

I do general virtual assistance too and quite enjoy it, but with a long background in legal assistance the main niche I'm focusing on is lawyers. They can be a hard bunch to crack in my opinion but I have definitely started to make headway! I have one officially that I work for, one that I'm having a teleconference with on Monday to discuss working with her and a couple more prospects in the new year that have mentioned vaguely that they are thinking about starting to utilize a va and I already have a rapport with them so I'm hoping that they will end up working with me!

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Laurie
Halo Blog and My Blog About Life

I'm just getting started in my VA business but my niche is HIPAA Compliance for medical offices.

* Policy writing
* Training
* Forms creation
* Notification of new or changed regulations
* Etc.

Once I've gotten this niche established, I plan to add privacy and security compliance for other types of businesses. Privacy of customer's information is quite critical and a lot of smaller offices don't have the time nor staff to stay in compliance.

I've worked as the HIPAA Compliance Officer at a hospital since the regs were first introduced so its a shoe-in for me to tackle this niche.

Jenny

Originally Posted by jenny

I'm just getting started in my VA business but my niche is HIPAA Compliance for medical offices. * Policy writing * Training * Forms creation * Notification of new or changed regulations * Etc. Once I've gotten this niche established, I plan to add privacy and security compliance for other types of businesses. Privacy of customer's information is quite critical and a lot of smaller offices don't have the time nor staff to stay in compliance. I've worked as the HIPAA Compliance Officer at a hospital since the regs were first introduced so its a shoe-in for me to tackle this niche. Jenny

Hi Jenny,
I think you have a very unique and necessary niche. As an HR professional, I know HIPAA can be very complicated. Some employers don't realize what is required by law, so someone with your expertise would be very beneficial for a business to keep in compliance.

My experience is mostly in mortgage sales. I have considered providing sales support to successful sales people. However, I have diiscovered that the stuff the salesperson would want me to do is all the stuff I too do not particularly enjoy. So that is no good.

I know I do not want to babysit any of my clients. I have no problem setting them up, getting them organized, etc, however, I do not work well being micro managed. My first client called me 3-4 times a day to "check in." He would email another 1-2 times and then he discovered text messaging! Good Grief. I thought I wouldn't mind, but, eventually I was rolling my eyes everytime I saw his name!

I also know that I am clueless when it comes to internet development. My website was created by a professional and I still have a hard time just creating templates! Thank goodness there are many of you!

So what can I do? I have been stressing over this for months. I know I love to read anything and everything, and there is nothing I can't cook, thanks to food network! Not related I know. I also know that I am a very good a persuading people. I have been told I can sell ash to the Devil. I am a master at contact management and follow-up. I love to research, write papers, prepare and give presentations. I have experience typing, so I can do transcribing work...

How do I turn my loves into a niche? Any suggestions!

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Tammie Crainich
The Essence of Time, Virtual Assistance

OMG! What a great exercise to do. There are So many great ideas that people are doing. This will be a good thing to help define what I hope to do!! Thanks.

Originally Posted by Offsite Office Professionals

What do you all think? I don't want to spread myself too thin but I want to offer a wide enough variety of services to attract clients. I've just started looking over this forum and there is a weath of great information here. Jenny

Hi Jenny! I can't give you great suggestions because I don't have experience with anything of the things you mention. My niche is totally different. I think it would be good for you to start a new string. Here you may only get people who have posted their niches and it seems like what you are suggesting might not match any of them. Oh, don't get me wrong, there might be some folks who see this that aren't just what are already listed but your chances will be better staring a NEW string to draw attention with a proper title to address your needs.

I'm excited to see the suggestions you'll get! The opporunities of the VA industry are limitless!

Creat an amazing day!

My "dream" business is to help entreprenuers start up their companies. My services would include the following:

Consulting/Training Classes on Various Topics

• Business Structure
• Accounting Set Up
• Marketing Plans
• Procedure Manuals
• Website Design
• Pricing Structure

After these classes, I would pitch my services in each of these areas.

Presently, I mostly do marketing.

I'm open to general tasks, but for roughly 8yrs or so, I was employed in the A/E/C industry, so this year I'm hoping to specifically target that market to develop my niche further. I suppose my desired A/E/C client would be a small business owner too.

Typical Services would include:

• Project Administration (Design, Bidding, Construction, + Closeout support in general. There are MANY tasks involved in all phases of a project.)
• Marketing +/or Award Proposal Prep.
• Online Bid Pkg. Creation + Maintenance
• Digital Doc. Processing (small format scanning/printing/prep of project documentation for distribution, etc.)
• Electronic Filing of Project Docs.
• Etc., Etc., Etc.

I'm also involved in Online Marketing (among other things) for Realtors at the moment, which has been promising too.

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shana
www.shanafore.com

This is such a great thread! Wonderful for noobs to get an idea of services people are offering!

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N Kelly